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fexecve.3: fexecve() is now implemented with execveat(2), where available 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Cristian Rodríguez 2017-09-20 13:48:25 +00:00 committed by Michael Kerrisk
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@ -114,15 +114,12 @@ It is specified in POSIX.1-2008.
.SH NOTES
On Linux,
.BR fexecve ()
is implemented using the
was implemented using the
.BR proc (5)
filesystem, so
.I /proc
needs to be mounted and available at the time of the call.
.\" FIXME .
.\" With the addition of the execveat(2), fexecve() can be implemented
.\" even where /proc is unavailable. Review future glibc releases to
.\" see if the implementation is changed to use execveat(2).
needed to be mounted and available at the time of the call.
Since glibc 2.27, it is implemented using execveat(2) instead.
.PP
The idea behind
.BR fexecve ()